I need to replace the battery on my s430 2000 w220, the oem battery has # (000,000,002,697) in german (Kaltstarstrom 450A, Kapazital 100Amp 12V) I think it means CCA at 450A, am I wrong? I think this car needs like 700-900cca.
Sears, interstate if I match it they come from 750-900cca, does anyone knows how much CCA does the car need to be. I want to put what the car requires without spending $400 at the dealer, I also have a system (2x12" subs) so I want to put a healthy battery, any ideas, pls help thank you agmexdf@yahoo.com

Just put the biggest Interstate battery that is for the application and you should be fine.

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Jim

That's what it says, CCA 450A. Not sure what your car requires.

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that is pretty low CCA, thats the original battery??? . Even the battery in an old W124 E320 has higher CCA, Your model car needs an H8 battery which is between 700-950 CCA and has an RC of 100 amps.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

Actually you can see the numbers here (this is the updated part number A005 541 10 01), and it is 850AH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZloodVNAgk

I believe you can use any brand, Group 49 (also known as H8) size, AGM battery.

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